Sizing Your Bets Properly: The Secret Art of Bet-Sizing

Not knowing how much money you should bet and raise is a very common mistake among beginners.
If you want to shift from being a beginner at Texas No-Limit Holdem to a skilled poker player, you have to learn how to size your bets properly.
The Importance of Texas Holdem Starting Hands

No-Limit Texas Holdem can be a frustrating game for beginners.
They tend to make the same error over and over again, sometimes without even knowing what’s wrong.
One of the major mistakes of new players is playing too many hands. This can happen for various reasons: Becoming impatient, not wanting to look weak in front of their friends or just a vague feeling of being left out of the action. It could also be that they just don’t know any better.
Today you will learn a very simple point system that was developed by Edward Hutchison, to help you make a better starting hand selection.